Mount Maunganui Parish, St Thomas More Catholic ...

Thankyou Moira
‘Housekeeper extraordinaire Moira Wise is
retiring after 17 years of giving service to
the church and taking care of our priests.
This is how we would like to remember
her! (We do love her really). May God bless
you Moira and thank you for all you have
done’
Christmas Boxes (Operation Christmas Child)
Our church produced about forty boxes this year, and some parish families will have
contributed to the Aquinas total of 50 boxes. Even if we produced only one box-
such as the beautifully decorated and generously filled box done by 80 year old Judy,
it would be worth it. CAN YOU SEW. PLEASE CAN YOU MAKE 20 (or more)
cloth bags with drawstring top, big enough to hold 12-18 marbles!!!!! Can you make
gathered skirts????
My own contribution has relied very heavily on the work of a 74 year old non-Catholic
friend, who every year produces many beautiful skirts, bags and lightweight scarves.
Another still older non-Catholic friend has for years made skirts and marble bags; this
year, despite health issues, she still made two skirts. These formed the heart of ten new
boxes, and enriched the contents of boxes from other people. The members of the
Catholic women’s league, as always, responded generously.
Experience has taught me to make some changes. I have come to realise that some
people are submitting “fillers” instead of boxes. Next year I will only accept “fillers”
from the Catholic women’s league and items which have been made by the contributor
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